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> Roy Schestowitz stated in post 2766013.5sWSEgdgrr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 7/1/11
> 2:31 PM:
>
>>> The hostility is not, as far as I know, toward people having beliefs - it is
>>> in pushing those irrational beliefs into public schools and the like.
>>
>> Yes, you beat me to it. And many such people do so for their own agenda,
>> which in many cases leads to the kids' remorse when they mature.
>
> Pretty much comes down to the idea that if you want to believe the world is
> the back of a turtle, that is fine with me... but do not teach that to *my*
> kids as "truth". I have no problem with the teaching of different creation
> myths in schools, and that would include the creationist myth as well as
> many others.
>
> To present the basic ideas of evolution as anything other than well
> established and supported by the evidence is irresponsible; there is no
> excuse to claim any mythologies are on equal footing.
People are led to believe that teachers have a lot of power to just tell children what
to think, but they are actually strictly tied to a curriculum (if not, they get
fired), just as judges are tied to loads of laws and caselaws, so they don't have
any power to just make arbitrary decisions, not even with the jury, not to mention
appeals. So to teachers and lecturers these issues matter a lot. They can become
lying robots (lying to themselves and the kids) because of such lobbyists that set
in stone curricula.
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~~ Best of wishes
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